Chapter 31: Selecting the Subordinates (Part I)
"In your heart, your young lady is such a small-bellied person, would she be angry about this little thing?" Liu Qianqian smiled at the corner of her mouth, looked down at the green green who was kneeling on the ground, and asked lightly. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
As soon as she heard Liu Qianqian's denial, Lu Cui was confused again, raised her face, and looked at the eldest lady who was sitting on the edge of the bed with her knees stacked on top of her innocent eyes.
"Don't you know what's wrong? Miss Ben will tell you, first, that you have informed the second aunt of the things in the yard without authorization, and second, you should not doubt my character. Liu Qianqian said a little playfully, now she doesn't want to turn her face with Lucui, not to mention anything else, it's not bad to do more work in this yard.
"Miss, the maid is worried that Miss is young and inexperienced, and in addition to making mistakes when picking people, thinking that Miss and the second aunt have always had a good relationship, she took it upon herself to inform the second aunt. It's the maid's fault, please punish the lady. Lu Cui finished explaining and kowtowed.
A sneer flashed in Liu Qianqian's eyes, and then she replaced it with a gentle smile, and said: "Lucui, what are you doing, don't kowtow, being known and thinking that I am a harsh master! I still don't know that you are doing this for my sake, but, Lucui, you should know what happened before, there are only three of you left in my yard, Lianwu was a big girl before, and you and Xin'er were both second-class girls." When Lianwu was a big girl, she was very popular with me, she would always keep me, the eldest lady, in her heart, as the master, and she would ask for my opinion before doing it without exception. I'm a young lady living in the inner courtyard, and choosing a girl is a top priority. Of course, it's right that you went to the second aunt, even if you didn't inform the second aunt on your own, I would still invite the second aunt. You just shouldn't be making your own claims. Now that I know you, I'm afraid that another master will ask you for a crime of disrespect. Yesterday, I thought that I had found a new girl today, so I mentioned your share of the big girl. Now it seems that there is still a lot of things to learn, so let's have a little time in the yard. ”
After listening to Liu Qianqian's words, Lu Cui secretly regretted it, you must know that Liu Qianqian, the eldest lady's eldest girl, has as much as three taels of silver a month, but only half of the second-class girl. She is now working for the second aunt, who usually has very tight hands, and what she is rewarded with is a silk handkerchief and a little leftover snacks, which is much worse than real money.
Liu Qianqian didn't care what Lucui thought in her heart, she got up and walked towards the bathroom, and after a simple breakfast, Liu Qianqian went downstairs. At this time, the old housekeeper was already waiting in the hall with people's teeth, and there were more than a dozen little girls and four or five middle-aged mothers-in-law standing in the hall.
Liu Qianqian walked directly to the main seat and sat down, and the old housekeeper and the people who followed her Yazi greeted her, stepped aside, and waited for her orders.
Liu Qianqian glanced at a little girl standing below, cleared her throat, and opened her mouth, "Old housekeeper, Qianqian has something I want to discuss with you." ”
The old butler hurriedly took a few steps forward and said respectfully: "Miss, just talk to the old slave." ”
"I want Aunt Feng and Erya to stay in the yard to serve, Aunt Feng will be my yard steward in the future, as for Erya, how about being a second-class girl?" Liu Qianqian said softly, her voice was crisp and pleasant.
"Being able to follow Miss is their creation, and they are willing. The old housekeeper hurriedly agreed, in order to avoid suspicion, although Aunt Feng and Er Ya also do things for Liufu, they have always been in the form of odd jobs, strictly speaking, they are not the descendants of the Liu family, and now Liu Qianqian has opened her mouth, and the old housekeeper is a hundred willing, this odd job, where is there a fixed monthly profit.
"According to the rules of the house, there can be two big girls in my yard, two second-class girls, plus four third-class girls, and two grandma. Before, in order to be clean, I only needed six girls, and the grandmother who called me only came to clean up temporarily. However, because Lian Wu and Xin'er are sick, I want to match the people in the courtyard more considerately today. Lianwu was originally the big girl next to me, even if she was sick, she wouldn't change, as for the other one, she would be promoted from the second-class girl in the future, and Xin'er, who would still be a second-class girl in the future. With the addition of Aunt Feng, Erya and Lucui, there are already five people. Therefore, today I am going to choose four third-class girls and two rough grandmothers. If you are willing, come forward!" Liu Qianqian calmly and orderly introduced the manpower situation of the courtyard.
After a while, the little girl and mother-in-law in the house all stood in front of Liu Qianqian, and they were all willing to stay. Liu Qianqian was surprised by this. In fact, where did Liu Qianqian know that their Liufu is a third-class girl and a rough grandmother also has a monthly profit of one or two silver, and there will be a red envelope during the New Year's Festival, and the income is comparable to that of an ordinary rich girl.
"Lu Cui, are you going to see if the second aunt is here?" Liu Qianqian whispered to Lu Cui, who was waiting beside her, thinking to herself that the second aunt was taking a shelf for herself?
"Does the old butler have a roster of these people?" asked Liu Qianqian, who looked up at the old butler after giving instructions.
"Yes, yes, yes!" Without waiting for the old housekeeper to answer, Ren Yazi hurriedly took out a booklet from his arms and handed it to Liu Qianqian courteously.
Liu Qianqian stretched out her hand to take it, and carefully read the information of each person from the first page, because she had the memory of the previous owner, plus she had studied Chinese medicine since she was a child, these traditional Chinese characters did not seem to be difficult for her. When she turned to the middle, a person suddenly appeared that interested her, this person's name was Yun Mengyao, with a poetic feeling, but the introduction was very simple: "Tianshu City has been displaced here by disaster. ’
Liu Qianqian paused for a moment and continued to look back, but there was no one she was interested in. With a lift of her hand, she placed the booklet on the edge of the table, and once again fell on the group of people standing below, sweeping them one by one. The little girl was wearing ordinary coarse cloth clothes, and her appearance was passable, with promise and timidity in her eyes. Suddenly, she found that there was a difference in the little girl, this girl was standing quietly in the back corner at the moment, the whole person looked quiet and elegant, and there was a kind of bookish smell faintly lingering around her body.
"That girl in the corner, come forward. Because Lucui hadn't come back yet, Liu Qianqian had no choice but to stretch out her hand and point at the girl and order softly.
"Yes!" the little girl gently saluted, moved the lotus step lightly, and came in style, although she was wearing coarse cloth clothes, but it did not hide the elegance and refinement of her whole person.
"What's your name?" Liu Qianqian looked her up and down, and she was quite satisfied.
"Maid Yun Mengyao. The little girl said softly, her voice as gentle as a breeze.
Liu Qianqian had guessed that this person might be Yun Mengyao before, so not only did she secretly applaud her cleverness in her heart, but the smile on her face became more and more gentle.